U.N. condemns U.S. torture of Guantanamo detainees

[Jeffersons Ghost]

U.S. takes issue with preliminary report; document urges closing prison

NBC News and news services
Updated: 7:47 p.m. ET Feb. 13, 2006

UNITED NATIONS - A U.N. investigation has concluded that the United States committed acts amounting to torture at Guantanamo Bay, including force-feeding detainees and subjecting them to prolonged solitary confinement, according to a draft report obtained Monday.

U.S. officials rejected the report, saying it was riddled with errors and treated statements from detainees’ lawyers as fact.

The report from five U.N. human rights experts also recommended the United States close Guantanamo Bay and revoke all special interrogation techniques authorized by the Department of Defense.

It accused the United States of violating the detainees’ rights to a fair trial, to freedom of religion and to health.

The report also said that although 30 days of isolation was the maximum permissible period, some detainees were put back into solitary confinement after very short breaks and lived in “quasi-isolation for up to 18 months.”

Using photos and video, the report said some prisoners transported to Guantanamo were shackled, chained, hooded, kicked and stripped.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11333496/

[rodeodance]

1. it goes on and on--yet that place continues to exist.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

3. and there are other places the UN doesn't know about

I strongly suspect G-bay is just the tip of a torture-berg.

[caledesi]

2. So the good old US of A says the report is riddled with errors...

hmmm, kinda like the intel report on Iraq and WMDs....Just who is doing the lying here?

[Jeffersons Ghost]

4. to think

a fine, rich repuke lawyer had to be shot, just to overshadow this story.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

5. i rarely kick my own stuff so blatantly

but all the silly messages on the Cheney shooting pushed this more important issue aside at DU. Never before has the UN condemned the US for torturing prisoners.

[Stockholm]

6. I agree

This is a new policy - interesting.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

7. cheney knows how to hunt birds

he's been doing it his whole life and I doubt he "mistakenly" shot the lawyer... When we see stories like this dominate the news, it's time to look for what the repukes are trying to hide. My little tid-bit of news probably isn't what they hope to cover up with the Cheney story but WHAT IS? I used to enjoying doing slight-of-hand magic when my kids were young. The media strategy of Repukes is nothing more than a silly charlatan's approach to "fooling" Americans.

[Stockholm]

8. LOL wait a minute

I agree to the point of the UN condemning the US being very interesting, but I don´t think your VP is cold hearted enough to shot his pal in the face just to cover it up.

It´s bad enough the WH tried to keep it under wraps for the weekend.

But then again what do I know?

[Jeffersons Ghost]

9. "Your" VP, Stockholm....

Like ALL his corrupt minions, Cheney is capable of ANYTHING! What are the limits of sociopathic behavior, Stockholm?

[Stockholm]

10. Point taken...

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